As of the last day of the Republican National Convention, @realDonaldTrump had made a total of 22,247 false or misleading claims according to the tally @GlennKessler @tkrizzo and I maintain (mostly in our spare time). Here a few things I noticed 1/

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He made more false claims during 27 days in August than any other month in his presidency. 2/ Image
On Aug. 11, he made nearly 200 false or misleading claims. That is about equal to a month’s worth of claims in his first year. 3/ Image
He is remarkably consistent — false claims about the economy and Trump’s influence on it are among the most repeated, usually followed by any perceived threat (the Russia probe, Ukraine investigation and the coronavirus.) 4/ Image
Until recently, he rarely spoke about terrorism or guns or education. Now, it’s mostly as a campaign attack. 4/
And for tonight's #PresidentialDebate, if something sounds fishy, this searching this page (maintained by the great @lmshap) is a great place to start to figure out if something is true or not. (Hint: Anything with the words "best economy" is not.) 5/ washingtonpost.com/graphics/polit…

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@joyceslee, @shawnboburg and I reconstructed four of these incidents that resulted in no charges and few records.
1/ This is Evelyn Bassi, a 30-year-old chef from Portland. The video of her arrest went viral in mid-July, but this is the first time she’s telling her story.
2/ At 1:55 a.m., she was standing with her friend at an empty intersection when an unmarked van with doors open on the passenger’s side pulled in front of them.

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